Improvement in detachable shoes for horses



G; A J. CAMPBELL. Detachable Shoe for Horses.

No. 217,582. Patented July 15, 1879.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES A. J. CAMPBELL, OF BROOKLYN, E. D., NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN DETACHABLE SHOES FOR HORSES.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217,582, dated July15, 1879 application filed November 8, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. J. CAMP- BELL, of Brooklyn, E. D., in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new andImprovedDetachable Shoe for Horses, of which the following is aspecification. v

The object of my invention is to furnish a horseshoe that may beattached as a temporary substitute in case a horse casts a shoe while onthe road; also, to construct such shiftshoes so that they may be changedin width to suit an y-sized foot.

The invention consists in a horseshoe made in two parts, hingedtogether, and provided with movable calks, by which construction theshoe may be made more or less narrow and the calks changed in positionto adapt the shoe to any-sized foot; also, in a certain arrangementofstraps and bands, whereby the shoe can be securely fastened to thehorses foot and held in position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view at the upper sideof my improved shoe. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 isan inverted plan of the shoe; and Fig. 4 is a cross'section at the lineax.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The shoe is made in two parts, A A, that are hinged together by a pin,a, at the toe, so that the shoe may be more or less separated.

Each partA is in three pieces,-a main and upper part, b, that is formedon its under side with a dovetail mortise lengthwise of the shoe, inwhich mortise is the strip 0, that carries the heel-calk d, and thestrip 0, that carries the toe-call: f. The strips 0 are hinged together,as mentioned, and the pieces b, c, and c at each side are held inposition by screw-pins g, that pass through the inner side of pieces I)and bear upon the strips 0 6. By loosening the screws 9 the relativeposition of the parts may be changed, and each part A of the shoelengthened and fitted to the horse.

h h are small straps, connected to strips 0 c at the heels, and providedwith a buckle, whereby they may be connected together to prevent theshoe spreading after it is adjusted. These straps h are attached to theshoe by pins that are formed with the strips 0, and pass through thestraps h h and are riveted upon washers.

Mare bands of leather, attached at each side of the shoe to the partb bypins 70, formed with the part I). These pins 70 pass through holes inbands 1', and are riveted down upon washers to hold the bands securely.The bands 0? project above the shoe, and they are, by preference, abouttwo inches wide.

L is a strap passing around the bands i, and held in place thereon byloops m in such posi tion that it will encircle the hoof. The strap lisprovided with a buckle, n, at its end in front of the shoe, so that itmay be buckled tightly, and, in connection with the bands z, hold theshoe in position upon the hoof.

0 is a strap connected to strap 1 by a loop, 1), at the heel of theshoe, and provided at its end with a buckle, g, so that it may bebuckled around the lower pastel-n, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2,and retain the heels of the shoe in proper position.

I prefer that the metal parts of the shoe be made of malleable iron.

The shoe above described is intended to be carried in the vehicle, andin case the horse lose-s a shoe the shift-shoe may be readily appliedand remain until the horse can be shod in the usual manner. It may bevaried in size to suit any horse, and by that construction but one sizeneed be kept on sale.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- l. A horseshoe made in two parts, hingedtogether, each part being made of the pieces I), c, and 0, combined andarranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The described means for attaching a horseshoe (pivoted at the toe) tothe hoof of the animal, that consist of the heel-straps h, the sidebands z, the pin 70, the band-strap l, and the fastening-strap o, thelatter being connected with strap 1 by the loops 1;, as shown anddescribed.

0. A. J. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, O. SEDGWIOK.

